Perpendicular Gothic
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Perpendicular Gothic architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-centred
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, Great East Window (four-centred arch, straight mullions and transoms)
The chancel of Gloucester Cathedral (c. 1337–1357)
Chapter house by William de Ramsey (c. 1332) at Old St Paul's Cathedral (by Wenceslaus Hollar); destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666
Four-centred arch west window of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Four-centred arch
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A four-centred arch or four-centered arch is a low, wide type of arch with a pointed apex. Its structure is achieved by drafting two arcs which rise steeply from each springing point on a small radius
Perpendicular Gothic
…the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-centred arches, straight vertical and horizontal lines in the tracery, and regular arch-topped rectangular panelling. Perpendicular was the prevailing style of Late…
Tudor arch at Layer Marney Tower, 1520s
Persian arches on the Si-o-se-pol bridge, Isfahan, c. 1600
The 17th century Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri has a four-centred archway with vaulted iwan.
Restored 9th century arches of the Qasr al-'Ashiq, Samarra.